{"id":363618,"date":"2026-06-17T01:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363618\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:15:09","slug":"long-beach-will-hold-dui-checkpoint-friday-june-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363618\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach will hold DUI checkpoint Friday, June 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) is holding a driving under the influence (DUI) and driver\u2019s license checkpoint on the east side this Friday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes, according to LBPD. The primary purpose of DUI\/CDL checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking impaired drivers off the road, increase awareness of the dangers associated with drinking and driving, and serve as a deterrent to potential impaired and unlicensed drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cImpaired drivers put others on the road at significant risk,\u201d LBPD Commander Jeremy Boshnack said in a public statement. \u201cAny prevention measures that reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roads significantly improve traffic safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alcohol is not the only cause of impaired driving. Some prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs and marijuana may also interfere with driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buonospizza.com\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1461\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781658909_562_IMG_1461.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1219\" height=\"904\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) is holding a driving under the influence (DUI) and driver\u2019s license checkpoint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[29510,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-363618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-dui-checkpoint","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}